10 Celebratory New Year's Eve Desserts

Chocolate-covered strawberries are always a crowd pleaser and are loaded with antioxidants and vitamins. We use dark chocolate and pistachios here, which may help boost the health benefits even more.

While this elegant, Champagne-infused cake is absolutely perfect for a New Year's celebration, it would be equally wonderful for a birthday party, wedding shower, or any number of other special occasions. We love how radiantly the Champagne's flavor shines through in the layers and frosting, and would recommend using a Demi-Sec or dry Champagne for best results. We opted to keep the decor on this New Year's Cake simple, but feel free to deck yours out with as much sparkle and flair as you desire.

Mixing low-fat Greek yogurt with crème fraîche yields a decadent-tasting topping with less saturated fat.

Who says peppermint is just for Christmas? Take the traditional Sicilian cannoli, a pastry with a crispy outer shell and dreamy cream filling, and give it holiday flair with chopped peppermint candy. This dish is very simple, though it does require a cannoli tube to shape the shell.

There's something so special about your own individual dessert. For the biggest impact, sprinkle on a beautiful flake salt at the end; if you don't have that, sea salt will work, too.

These rich, fudgy, tender Champagne Truffles are a small treat that are mind-blowingly good. Savor every bite of these goodies.

New Year's Eve is one of the few holidays celebrated around the world. Why not ring in the new with cupcakes? Here's to celebrating new beginnings tastefully...

The marvelous merger of orange and chocolate gets even better when you pair blood oranges' raspberry nuances with dark chocolate and a little Campari for complexity. The herbal, slightly bitter liqueur also helps keep the sorbet from getting icy.

In the early days of the South, the unique corn whiskey made in Kentucky was often referred to as Bourbon, the name of the county in which it was distilled. Today, it means the "good stuff" – or whiskey aged in charred oak barrels for at least two year.

Agave nectar is great for dishes like this, where it dissolves instantly. A chilled bowl and beaters will help the cream whip faster.